Research Projects & Grants

  • Ketamine Protocol: Ketamine in the Emergency Department, A Prospective Series, Role: PI, (02/1995 - 01/1996) Status: Completed

For Profit Organization

  • A Multi-center Prospective Study of the Microbiology and Treatment of Infected Dog and Cat Bite Wounds, Role: PI, Roerig, Inc., (12/1995 - 12/1996) Status: Completed

Internal

  • A two-center validation of three simplified measures to replace the Glasgow coma scale for trauma field triage, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (04/2016) Status: Completed
  • An adverse event reporting tool to standardize the reporting and tracking of adverse events during procedural sedation, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (03/2016 - 03/2017) Status: Completed
  • The impact of emergency physician empathy on litigation propensity, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (07/2012) Status: Completed
  • Trauma: the initial phase, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (05/2006 - 05/2007) Status: Completed
  • Predictors of airway complications with Ketamine: a meta-analysis of 7,000 children, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (03/2004) Status: Completed
  • An independent validation of the low risk criteria for pulmonary embolism. An independent validation of the Liatest D-Dimer assay for pulmonary embolism, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (01/2004 - 01/2005) Status: Completed
  • Leukocytosis - A new look at an old marker for acute myocardial infarction, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (04/1996) Status: Completed
  • Exhaled nitric oxide levels during acute asthma exacerbation: an emergency department study, Role: Investigator, LLU Emergency Medical Group, Inc., Status: Completed

Non-Profit Organization

  • Limitations on emergency physician procedural sedation practice in California: A CAL/ACEP survey, Role: PI, American College of Emergency Physicians, (11/2017 - 11/2018) Status: Completed